Dear Editor,
Let me tell you about a lady friend that I know. I met Mrs. Jean Cooper some 40-50 years ago and have been fascinated by the lady ever since. People in this county and many other counties around here have met Ms. Jean. At present, she is homebound after breaking her hip for the second time. Mrs. Jean knows no strangers. We travel all over Georgia due to our ties with Georgia Farm Bureau, and everywhere she will stop and ask people where their from, and sure enough she will know someone from that same area.
EMMA YOUNGBLOOD, 5, WEEPS AS HER BROTHER, HUNTER YOUNGBLOOD, 10, KISSES THE HEADSTONE AND SAYS GOODBYE AT THE GRAVE OF THEIR FATHER, PETTY OFFICER 3RD CLASS TRAVIS L. YOUNGBLOOD, 26, OF SURRENCY, GA, ON MEMORIAL DAY IN SECTION 60 OF ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY.
What are friends for?
Well, recently we celebrated Memorial Day and paid homage to our troops and fallen ones. Ms. Jean received a newspaper article from her niece in Acadiana, LA. The newspaper clipping has a picture that shows two little children paying homage to their daddy, Petty Officer 3rd Class Travis L. Youngblood from Surrency, GA. He is buried in Arlington Memorial Cemetery. I am sure that quite a few people around Appling County remember Travis. I know I do and I thought it was wonderful that Mrs. Jean’s niece would send us the article.
This same niece also had something happen to her about a year ago. Her husband has a car repair shop. He was called upon by the law to pick up a car that was apparently abandoned. His wife who is also Jean’s niece drove it around for a while until the cops wanted to check out the car. They came to check on the car and tore it all to pieces and finely found about two million dollars worth of dope in the back seat. They were allowed to keep the empty car, but they laughed about her having had a two million dollar car to drive around in.
That story also comes from Ms. Jean. The most amazing things happen around her and she can remember every detail. I hope you get to meet this lady and you will find a new friend...I’m thankful for her friendship. If you have a friend tell her you appreciate her or him.
Thank you,
Alice Coleman Oliver
This same niece also had something happen to her about a year ago. Her husband has a car repair shop. He was called upon by the law to pick up a car that was apparently abandoned. His wife who is also Jean’s niece drove it around for a while until the cops wanted to check out the car. They came to check on the car and tore it all to pieces and finely found about two million dollars worth of dope in the back seat. They were allowed to keep the empty car, but they laughed about her having had a two million dollar car to drive around in.
That story also comes from Ms. Jean. The most amazing things happen around her and she can remember every detail. I hope you get to meet this lady and you will find a new friend...I’m thankful for her friendship. If you have a friend tell her you appreciate her or him.
Thank you,
Alice Coleman Oliver
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